I'm already replied to this in the pets forum- This is better off placed here anyway. Perhaps the only other way at helping them/ other then making intact pets illegal would be to raise standards of pet food to that of human food( i'll get to the how in a little bit)- by doing this your making people who would do this kind of stuff just see it as not worth it in the first place meaning less dogs/cats would end up in this type of situation.. Sadly the only way to realistically raise the standards of all pet food would be to make pets okay for US to eat as they do in other cultures/Asia for example.- Its sounds barbaric- I know. BUT it would virtually force the pet food companies to raise their standard because there could be a 10 to 5% chance the animal eating it would be eaten by a human. FDA wouldn't allow by products or nasty food to be used anymore. Humans would have an overflow of unwanted pets at first but then as time passed the people who would turn out pets would just see them as... oh a rich car or something beyond their means of support and none or greatly less animal populations would be starving and roaming. AND animal control would find a better way of dealing with unwanted roaming pets then they do now/ use them as meat- the drugs that would be used if pts would not because the animal would be killed and eaten by us, we wouldn't be poisoning wildlife with dog and cat corpses or other pets when the dead pts animals are used in pet food- When Pet food is heated you ruin the DNA Thats why they haven't been told on as widely as they should. Plus there are starving humans that need food also. I wouldn't eat dog or cat but it sure beats having your pet eat another pet, and its safer on wildlife that may find a dog or cat carcass tinted with PTS chemicals and feed and then die. This has happened to Bears,eagles( our National bird!) Coyotes,wolves, all the meat eaters that feed from a carcass-however do I understand most of the time it would be Horses or cows, but at lest pets wouldn't end up as feeding on pets in food under meat meal or meat and bone meal- our pets would eat better and there would be less feral/wild animals.

A good healthy soil growing strong and healthy plants can help minimize the occurrence of Black Spot, not eliminate it altogether but minimize it. A good healthy soil starts with the proper soil pH and balanced nutrients and that begins with a good reliable soil test. In addition roses grow quite well in soils that are well endowed with organic matter that are evenly moist but well drained. Along with the good reliable soil test perhaps these simple soil tests might be of some help. 1) Soil test for organic material. From that soil sample put enough of the rest to make a 4 inch level in a clear 1 quart jar, with a tight fitting lid. Fill that jar with water and replace the lid, tightly. Shake the jar vigorously and then let it stand for 24 hours. Your soil will settle out according to soil particle size and weight. For example, a good loam will have about 1-3/4 inch (about 45%) of sand on the bottom. about 1 inch (about 25%) of silt next, about 1 inch (25%) of clay above that, and about 1/4 inch (about 5%) of organic matter on the top. 2) Drainage. Dig a hole 1 foot square and 1 foot deep and fill that with water. After that water drains away refill the hole with more water and time how long it takes that to drain away. Anything less than 2 hours and your soil drains’ too quickly and needs more organic matter to slow that drainage down. Anything over 6 hours and the soil drains too slowly and needs lots of organic matter to speed it up. 3) Tilth. Take a handful of your slightly damp soil and squeeze it tightly. When the pressure is released the soil should hold together in that clump, but when poked with a finger that clump should fall apart. 4) Smell. What does your soil smell like? A pleasant, rich earthy odor? Putrid, offensive, repugnant odor? The more organic matter in your soil the more active the soil bacteria will be and the nicer your soil will smell, to a point. Too much organic matter can be bad as well. 5) Life. How many earthworms per shovel full were there? 5 or more indicates a pretty healthy soil. Fewer than 5, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates a soil that is not healthy. kimmq is kimmsr

Hi all, We have a king bed that stands on legs supported by 3 horizontal wooden slats (pic attached). We bought a steel slatted foundation box (7.5 inches) and on that, we will place a hybrid memory foam mattress of 12 inches. We feel as though there isn’t enough support on the wooden slats of the original bed and they seem to be taking the entire weight. Also, there is some gap between the side of foundation box and bed frame (see pic) that may allow the steel foundation to move around. My husband and I are over 200 lb. Is there enough support or do we need to put more wooden slats on the bed (below the steel foundation)? How do we close the gaps on the side?

Set an 8' straightedge along the long sides and place the level on them please. Set the straightedge (or an 8' level) in an "X" fashion all along the top too. You've got a sink cutout with little or no radii in the corners. If that top is torqued from not being flat, you'r asking for a crack starting at a sink corner. I'd do it before the installer's check cleared.